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Brevard County residents and organizations helped students in need obtain back-to-school supplies.

Kicks for Kids provided over 1,200 students with new shoes, focusing on a dignified shopping experience.

Numerous groups offered free backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, health screenings, and meals.

Edna Wilson still remembers the pair of brand-new Nikes she received in sixth grade.

The baby blue sneakers were everything she dreamed of as the school year started. But the experience — being taken in the middle of the school day with other low-income students to get shoes from a local store — was deeply embarrassing, she said.

"I can still see those shoes today in my head," Wilson said. "But (I was) so embarrassed at the same time because I got pulled out of class a

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